
David Suchet
Acting
Born 1946-05-02 · London, England, UK
David Suchet, OBE, CBE (born 2 May 1946), is an English actor, known for his work on British television. He is recognized for his RTS- and BPG award-winning performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 British TV mini-drama “The Way We Live Now”, alongside Matthew Macfadyen and Paloma Baeza, and a 1991 British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) nomination. He is known for his role as Agatha Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot in the long-running British TV dramatic series “Poirot”. Suchet's older brother, John Suchet, is a British television presenter and newsreader.
Known for

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV

The Jesus Storybook Bible
2013 · TV

Playing Shakespeare
1984 · TV

Master of the Game
1984 · TV

His Dark Materials
2019 · TV

Oppenheimer
1980 · TV

NCS: Manhunt
2002 · TV

Blott on the Landscape
1985 · TV

Freud
1984 · TV

Travels with Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet
2025 · TV

Doctor Who
2005 · TV

The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997 · TV

The Way We Live Now
2001 · TV

The Au Pair
2025 · TV

Hidden
2011 · TV

Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985 · TV

Seesaw
1998 · TV

Great Expectations
2011 · TV

Press
2018 · TV

Decline and Fall
2017 · TV

More Than Words
2018 · TV

David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter
2015 · TV

Going Postal
2010 · TV

Henry VIII
2003 · TV

Oxbridge Blues
1984 · TV

Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets
2004 · TV

Moses
1996 · TV

Play for Today
1970 · TV

The Professionals
1977 · TV

Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV

Public Eye
1965 · TV

Perspectives
2011 · TV

Solomon
1997 · TV

Murder in Mind
2001 · TV

Concorde
2017 · TV

David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St. Paul
2012 · TV

The Story of Jesus
2011 · TV

The Hollow Crown
2012 · TV

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · TV

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · TV

Urban Myths
2017 · TV

The Protectors
1972 · TV

Timewatch
1982 · TV

Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · TV

Capitaine Marleau
2015 · TV

The Play on One
1988 · TV

The Dame Edna Experience
1987 · TV

Theatre Night
1985 · TV

The One Show
2006 · TV

The BAFTA Awards
1949 · TV

An Audience with...
1978 · TV

Q&A
2008 · TV

Richard & Judy
2001 · TV

Doctor Who: The Fan Show
2015 · TV